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Starling Bank: Under 16s card reviews

Name: Under 16s card
Rating: 4.89 (3124 reviews)

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4.89

Based on 3,124 reviews, last reviewed 11th Jun 2026

200% increase in 5 star reviews

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95%

Latest highest rating:

5

Simple, fast and flexible under 16 account setup So easy to set up an under 16 account and have all the fallibility age controls to manage the account alongside our son. Reviewed on: 11th June 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Software not working properly In spite of several calls to Customer Service, both my children's accounts are still not up and running properly which has wasted an enormous amount o... Read more Reviewed on: 25th April 2024

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Starling offer an under 16s account with an award-winning free debit card and app for 6–15 year olds.

You get instant phone notifications every time your child spends or receives money and you can set automatic top-ups. The Under 16s account is easy to set up from your Starling personal or joint account.

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Starling Bank Under 16s card reviews (3124)

Fantastic for kids with great parental controls

Easy and safe to use, low subscription fee, easy for parents to monitor and top up. Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Easy kids banking

Great have good control on the kids account Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Absolutely great for young kids and teenagers

Great experience for both parent and children. Great learning on finance for kids and fantastic for parents to keep watch and teach the importance of payments. My oldest makes sure cash is left for his spotify etc, so great to teach them the need to keep money in account for personal needs and payments. All round fantastic service and easy to use/follow Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Easy for kids to use and parents to monitor

Had a few different accounts for kids over the years Starling is a step above just like the adult accounts. Highly visible and straightforward. I’d recommend for anyone Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Very pleased

Very happy and satisfied with starling kite . Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Great notifications and visibility

Such an easy app to use and gives a great overview of what you have spent money on Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Made my life so much easier!

I wanted a card for my son so that he could pay for his bus fare etc without me having to find cash, which I don’t always carry, and you can’t take £5 out the cashpoint, so I googled cards for kids and found starling kite on a money comparison site, I already have a starling account so this was a nice surprise for me, I figured it’d make sense and both my son and I have found it to be the exact thing we needed, it has made life so much simpler for us, I’ve set up auto payments so now I don’t even have to think about it and he has more independence which he loves, it also has the added bonus of being able to keep any extra money, eg birthday gifts in a separate place for his use. I also love that there are tools to help teach him good money habits. I’m very happy with this service :) Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Great straightforward bank

Brilliant app and easy banking. Managing and moving money is easy and safe. Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Kid sumptuous

Have twins age 10 and have card the past year now and they use it to buy what they like with pocket money added to card Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

Very happy to be starling customer

Every person of my family is a starling customer . I am happy to be part of you Reviewed on: 4th February 2022

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